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August 31, 2011

China
Why China Worries About Japanese Prime Minister Noda

Japan's Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda stands up as he is chosen as the party's new leader while the party lawmakers clap their hands during Japan's ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership vote …

Japan’s Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda stands up as he is chosen as the party’s new leader while the party lawmakers clap their hands during Japan’s ruling Democratic Party of Japan leadership vote in Tokyo on August 29, 2011.

April 27, 2012

Japan
The U.S.-Japan Summit: Three Things to Know

CFR’s Sheila Smith highlights the significance of the U.S.-Japan Summit as the first state visit by the Democratic Party’s Prime Minister, Yoshihiko Noda, which features a broad agenda and comes at a…

September 1, 2011

China
Is Japan’s New PM a "Nationalist" or a "Moderate"?

Japan's next prime minister Yoshihiko Noda attends the lower house of parliament in Tokyo August 30, 2011 (Toru Hanai/Courtesy Reuters). Yesterday, my colleague Elizabeth Economy raised an important…

Japan’s next prime minister Yoshihiko Noda attends the lower house of parliament in Tokyo August 30, 2011.

August 15, 2012

China
Sixty-seven Years After WWII, Northeast Asian Nationalisms Flare Again

August 15 marks the anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia. Japan’s defeat was complete, and its losses unprecedented. Today, Japanese television coverage traced the final days of devastation…

A Japan Coast Guard patrol ship sails around a Hong Kong fishing boat near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japan or Diaoyu in China

December 19, 2011

Japan
Japan Responds to Kim Jong-il’s Death

Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is accompanied by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to a conference room for their landmark summit in Pyongyang in this September 17, 2002 file photo (Japa…

Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) is accompanied by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to a conference room for their landmark summit in Pyongyang in this September 17, 2002 file photo